marion cotillard

does this girl look like someone we all know?

 *i do miss my long wavy hair though...i promise to give it the same effort i do my short hair. can't wait! and apparently, it really is important for actresses and models (though i'm neither so i don't know how this is all connected) to have really plain hair. proper length, no bangs or anything. makes it easier to style for shoots, films, etc.

growing out phase

it's growing out a bit. i'm attending a wedding on may so i'm thinking if i should get it cut again. but the cheapo/ms.frugal in me insists on looking for a styling alternative so i don't have to spend more. haha. we'll see.

this is me the day after the haircut, on our way to Cauayan, Isabela.  the issue with short hair when travelling is that it gets messed up when you sleep.  and you need 30 seconds and a mirror to fix it. but when you do fix it, you kinda look quite poised and elegant when you step out of the car on your way to the nearest restroom. and guys suddenly pop out of nowhere and carry umbrellas to shelter you from the rays of the sun, just like they did to celebrities at the rainy Golden Globes. well, i think these guys were instructed to do that too; they did it to everyone who got off at Mrs. Gaddi's cafe place.

this is me last April 10 (with nanay- my maternal grandma- and my cousin jason). the waves are growing back out a bit but are still manageable with the existing products i have.  bangs are growing a bit long though.

pixie!

i got a haircut! it's my first time to make it this short since my early high school days. aaack! it takes some getting used to though, but i'm glad for the (drastic) change.  i'll be challenged to really make more of an effort to look pleasant now, but still balancing my other priorities i.e. work, family time, chores, my artistic outlets, starting a biz, philanthropy.

anyway, i got my hair done at Lovely's beauty salon, where i've been getting my hair cut ever ever since.  i told myself i'd try to get my hair done there until the tita Luz bites the dust.  so, in preparation for the big day, i searched the net endlessly for various pics of people with short hairstyles.  see, i was so tired and bored of seeing the same thing in the mirror everyday, and knowing that everyone outside the house also looked somehow the same way.  so i thought, "hmm, let's make it real short this time".  anyway, i was also partly inspired by carey mulligan and mia wasikowska, so there.  i ended up showing a picture of carey and kate moss (back when she had a chestnut crop).  now, my mother warned me that tita Luz was literally almost blind (in one eye), but i figured i'd get a remedy if i need it. this is the result.

it's not as lean as i wanted but i was too shy to ask her to fix it.  now, if i were in a different salon, i would've definitely done so.  but this woman is almost a distant grandmother of mine so i decided to keep my mouth shut and try to figure something out.  so far, i switched my side part and i think it ended up a bit better.  of course, my brother isn't making things better.  the first time he saw me, he told me i looked like a boy and proceeded to disowning me as his sister.  the next time, he was a bit kinder and said i needed to get hair extensions. thanks charlie.

anyway, i also got some lowlights (for the first time ever), although it's not very visible in the picture.   this one, i'm very pleased with.  i think it breaks the monotony of the black hair and the full bangs.

the cut, as of now, isn't very photogenic but i am relieved to say that it looks better in person than it does in the picture. oh no!! just think of all those bad photo moments in the future! i sure hope i can find a way to make it look better over time, even on-cam.  i think i need more volume on top, and less on the sides.  if it doesn't look better by monday, i'll have to get it fixed a tad at Aqua in Trinoma.  for now, i'll be allocating part of the Holy Week vacation to figuring out how to style this crop.